Example sentences of "brought the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I brought the sheet . |
| 2 | The legate , Walter Cardinal-Archbishop of Albano , who brought the pallium , was an eminent man at the papal court , and he clearly had doubts about Anselm 's reliability . |
| 3 | The discovery of this memo brought the scandal to a head . |
| 4 | ‘ I only brought the chisel back . ’ |
| 5 | A key feature of the Intifada is that , after long years of trans-frontier or inter-state conflict between largely faceless enemies , it brought the conflict back to where it essentially belongs , to Palestine itself . |
| 6 | It was the Sacheverell affair which brought the conflict over the Church to a head . |
| 7 | Their retreat brought the Britons to the river now called the Water of Coyle . |
| 8 | But always , always the movement was like that of the incoming tide ; each wave in its flow and ebb brought the sea of Feldgrau a little further forward . |
| 9 | Richard Rolle 's at times flamboyant attempt to arrive at a form of living which would express his compulsive and impulsive drive towards personal realisation of the love of God , brought the circumstances of his life into prominence . |
| 10 | Her clinging rapidly brought the affair to an end . |
| 11 | The port was created in 1795 when Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) brought the Ellesmere Canal from Chester and made a tidal basin ( 1801 ) . |
| 12 | The wind brought the smell of sweat and horses and metal and beaten grass and sweet clover . |
| 13 | Although the sustained overall economic growth over the years 1987-89 brought the country to the verge of being given NIC ( newly industrialized country ) status , early forecasts predicted that gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth would slow down in 1990 to around 6.5 per cent , from an estimated 7.3-7.5 per cent in 1989 and from 8.7 per cent in 1988 . |
| 14 | Tries by Allan Bateman and Colin Laity brought the home team back into the hunt and set up a stirring finale to the heavyweight contest . |
| 15 | As one settlement worker remarked , while the after-care committees provided ‘ many more opportunities for direct personal service than there had been in the past ’ , the exchange system brought the home visitors and the club managers into the ‘ industrial side ’ and , therefore , united the social and industrial welfare of adolescents . |
| 16 | Between the vertebrae and brought the head off |
| 17 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 18 | The lay brothers brought the fleeces to hamlet and village and collected the spun yarn and woven cloth from the workers . |
| 19 | I brought the Herald for you to see . ’ |
| 20 | The disturbing question brought the scene in Matilda 's chamber flashing into Isabel 's mind , and the odd looks exchanged between the Empress and her men . |
| 21 | ‘ And then , when he brought the lady … no , she was n't a lady , she was just a woman , and her voice was common and she called me duckie and … and I said to them , ‘ I 'm going to scream . ’ |
| 22 | For Shrewsbury certainly brought the lady from Wales , and in Shrewsbury she has done wonders , never renouncing their devotion to her . |
| 23 | Three firms of hauliers — Lies , Sortrai and the English firm Spa — brought the video games overland to London , where it was discovered that cartons from each load were damaged . |
| 24 | A few months before , when she was much younger , she would have screeched this aloud and brought the breakfast table to an uproar , but now she smiled while the coldness took careful and eternal appreciation of the fact that he had been flattered to be asked . |
| 25 | I brought the vehicle with me from the UK . |
| 26 | There were tackles which brought the Aberdeen support to their feet in acclamation , and aroused different emotions in the rest . |
| 27 | Not only did this process of consultation demonstrate that the Council was in charge of its own proceedings , but it brought the bishops together and helped them to get to know one another . |
| 28 | After which we returned to Aberdour where a royal barge later brought the King 's body across the Firth of Forth . ’ |
| 29 | The construction of a network of alliances in the Low Countries had been enormously expensive and brought the king little real diplomatic or military support . |
| 30 | He made no overt protest as Mountagu manoeuvred the navy behind the restoration of monarchy , and sailed with the fleet that brought the king back to England in May . |